Rolls for rolling fish-bars from old rails



(NoModeL) I G. WOSTENHOLM.

ROLLS FOR ROLLING FISH BARS FROM OLD RAILS. L No. 347,310. Patented Aug. 10, 1886..

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE WOSTENHOLM, OF JEFFEasoNVILLE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO THEODORE A. MEYSENBURG, on sr. ouis, MISSOURI.

ROLLS FOR ROLLING FISH-BARS FROM OLD RAILS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of, Letters Patent No. 347,310, dated August 10, 1886.

. Application filed May 17, 1886.

To all whom it may concern Be it known thatl, GEORG WOSTENHOLM,

of J effersonville, Wayne county, Illinois, have made an Improvement in Rolls for Rolling Angled Fish-Bars from Old Steel Rails, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description-that is, by means of rolls such as are shown-in the annexed drawing, making part of this specification, angled fish=bars can be prepared from a single steel railway-rail, or,

stated more definitely, the rolls serve to rough outthe fish-bars, leaving them to be finished 7 passes are preferably employed in combination with the first six passes.

. The rail from which the fish-bars are made is of the customary form in cross-section, it being generally a worn out steel rail, such as commonly have been used upon railways.

In the first pass, numbered 1 in the drawing, the web of the rail is upset, say, threeeighths of an inch. In the second pass, numbered 2 in the drawing, one side of the rail: foot is reduced in width, say, one-fourth of an inch, the opposite side of the rail-foot is widened, say, one-sixteenth of an inch,'the web of the rail isstraightened, and the tread is narrowed, say, five-sixteenths of an inch.

In pass numbered 3 the web is again upset, say, three-eighths of an inch. In pass numbered 4, the rail-foot at one'side'is narrowed, say, another quarter of an inch, and at. the opposite side is widened, say, another sixteenth of an inch, the web is straightened, and the tread narrowed, say, another quarter of an inch. In pass numbered 5 the web is upset Serial No. 202,479. (No model.)

another quarter of an inch. In pass numbered 6 the rail-foot at one side is reduced, say, another quarter of an inch, and at the opposite is enlarged another sixteenth of an inch, and the tread narrowed another,say,five-sixteenths of an inch. In pass numbered 7 the web is upset, say, another three-eighths of an inch. In pass numbered 8 the rail-foot at one side is reduced, say, another quarter of an inch, and

at the opposite side is widened, say, another sixteenth of an inch, and the tread "is narrowed, say, nine-sixteenths of an inch, and in pass numbered 9 the now approximatelyformed angled bar is upset, say, another quarter of an inch, when it is ready for the finishing-r01ls,which are not shown in the drawing. In passes numbered 2 4 6 8 the web of the rail is not only straightened, but is also gradually thickenedthat is, say, one-sixteenth of an inch in pass 1, the same amount in pass 4,

say another sixteenth of an inch in pass 6, and in pass 8, say, one-fourth of an inch more, and making that part of the construction about one inch in thickness;

I claim-- 1. A set of rolls for rolling angled fish-bars from old steel rails with passes of the respective shapes shown in the accompanying drawing, and therein numbered from 1 to 9, inclusive, as described.

2. For the purpose described, a set of rolls with passes of the respective shapes shown in the accompanying drawing, and numbered from I to 6, inclusive, as described.

Witnessiny hand.

GEORGE WOSTENHOLM. Witnesses:

O. D. MOODY, O. T. BISER. 

